Mission
Our mission is to support families. We do this by providing children with an exceptional early childhood education built upon nurturing the whole child, focusing on all areas of development: Social, emotional, cognitive and physical, and by providing families with a community support system built upon an extended family model. Read more about our curriculum and philosophy.
Teachers
Protecting Childhood
Community
Curriculum
Philosophy
What Makes Us Special
A true neighborhood play-based preschool built upon fabulous teachers and families.
At KBTS, we educate the whole-child by providing deep learning experiences through project work, and ample time and space to play.
Families
We love our families. From the very beginning of your time at KBTS, we will create a meaningful, authentic relationship with you based on mutual trust and respect. This relationship will serve as the foundation for your time at KBTS and the partnership we form. Within this approach, parents are considered essential partners in the educational process, not passive observers. We love when our families share their culture, background, and skills with us as it only enriches our learning environment. Rather than separating “home” and “school,” we view them as interconnected environments where children learn and express themselves.
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Teachers
At KBTS, we know that if we want to have the best preschool, we must have the best teachers. Our teachers will become like family to you- they are smart, knowledgeable, passionate, and caring. All of our teachers have bachelor's degrees with specialty training in child development. They share our vision, and work as partners with parents in our children’s education.
Meet our teachers.
Curriculum
Our curriculum rests strongly on three pillars: play, project based learning, and time in nature in our outdoor classroom.
Learn more about our curriculum.
Protecting Childhood
In our hurried and harried world where we value progress and achievement so greatly, sometimes we forget to simply let children be children. We feel the need to continuously push them forward to the next milestone, making sure they are advancing as quickly as their peers. And, as we do this, we forget to simply love, honor, and appreciate them for exactly who they are. We inadvertently send them the message that what they are currently doing is never quite good enough and that they are loved not for who they are but for what they accomplish. At Kids By The Sea, we push against this - each child is seen and loved for exactly who they are and because of this they are able to freely develop into the best version of themselves.
Philosophy
Kids By The Sea is committed to the belief that when children are surrounded by a trusting, loving family and community they will thrive. We believe that, in today's world, an early learning establishment can fulfill this goal and function as a tight-knit community, putting our children at the forefront of all we do, while supporting each other. We believe each child is entitled to respect, high expectations, and the time and space to be children. As teachers, we value the whole child. We believe in allowing children to develop deep learning habits and competencies such as initiative, creativity, problem-solving, flexibility, self-regulation, and critical thinking. We believe children learn these dispositions through hands-on learning experiences like self-directed, self-chosen play, and project-based learning, which form the two pillars of our curriculum.
Learn more about our philosophy.
Community
Being Reggio-Inspired impacts both our educational philosophies as well as how we develop our community. Reggio believes that preschools can be more than just a “daycare,” they can serve the needs of the community. Mary Biggs, an early childhood educator and director at Basic Trust Childcare Center discusses the idea of using early childhood settings as a "new neighborhood." At Kids By The Sea we strive to create a community built around our children. We work to support families by nurturing the type of relationships and offering the type of services that used to be fulfilled by extended family and other community groups. This might look like parenting classes and book clubs, community dinners, parents’ nights out, or clubs based around your interests; the possibilities are endless. We want to support you in creating the community you desire.
Learn more about our community.
